Harness-buckle.



PATENTBD APR 7, 190a T R E H 0 I E R J 'HARNESS BUCKLE.

APPL'muIoN FILED MAB.8.1905.

avwwntoz Witness UNITED sTArEs PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN REICHERT, OF RAOINE, WISCONSIN.

HARNESS-BUCKLE.

No. 884,207. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented April 7, 1908.

' Application filed March 8, 1905. Serial No 249,084.

To all whom it may concern: the inner face of the plate. The in or stud Be it known that I, JOHN REIOHERT, a citi- 6, preferably extends perpendicu arly from zen of the United States, residing at Racine, the central portion of the inner face of the county of Racine, Wisconsin, have invented I plate, and said stud or pin is preferably certain new and useful Im rovements in straight, that is, is not hook shaped or in- 69 Harness-Buckles; and I do ereby declare clined with respect to the inner face of the the following to be a full, clear, and exact deplate, although it may be slightly ta ered to .scription of the invention, such as will enable acilitate the withdrawal of the hue le from others skilled in the art to which it apperthe sand after casting.

tains to'make and use the same. 1 The lower loop consists of downward ex- This invention relates to certain improvetensions c, of the two parallel side bars of the ments in harness buckles, and more particubuckle and at their lower ends said sides 0, larly relates to what are sometimes termed are connected by the straight cross bar d. hip strap buckles. his lower 100 extends downwardly and in- An object of the invention is to provide an i wardly from t 1e guard plate at an angle so improved and exceedingly sim le hi strap that the lower cross bar t ereof is located in a buckle formed in one piece wit a shield arvertical plane entirely to one side of the verranged to prevent the tail hairs of the animal tical plane including the guard late. The catching between the metal bars of the buckle upper ends of the side bars of sai lower loop and the straps therein and particularly to so extend from the lower outer corners of the form the buckle as to press in or shape the guard plate inwardly and downwardly prefstraps in the buckle to form bearing oints erably so as not-to 1project beyond the outer engaging the animal and holding the li uckle face of the guard p ate. itself fron rubbing contact with the animal. The upper loop is composed of the two The invention consists in certain novel fea- 1 parallel upward elongations e, of the buckle so tures of construction and in arrangements of side bars, connected at their upper ends by parts as more fully and particularly pointed the fiat cross barf. The loop last referred to out and specified hereinafter. extends upwardly from the upper end of the Referring to the accompanying drawsaid guard plate and the side bars e, of said so ings:Figure 1, is a pers ective view of the loop extend upwardly from the upper corbuckle showin portions ofthe straps therein. ners of said plate and are deflected inwardly Fig. 2, is an e ge elevation of the buckle and from the vertical plane of the inner face of stra s shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a longituthe guard plate, while the outer longitudinal dinail section of the buckle showing the stra s edges e of the said side bar 6, are rounded.

therein. Fig. 4, 1s a plan view of the buck e outwardly between their ends to form guards 9o detached. to deflect the tail hairs outwardly from the The buckle shown is formed in one piece of outer surface of the strap passing through metal and is longitudinally elongated and in the said upper loop and prevent the hairs eflect consists of the upper guide and defiectcatching between the upper edge of said 40 ing loop, the central s leld or guard plate a, guard plate and said strap. The said flat provided with the rigid inwardly projecting cross bar f, is at its inner surface, approxilntermediate pin or stud Z), and the lower mately flush with the inner edges of the said guide and attaching loop. bars, 6, while the outer surface of said cross he intermediate shield or guard late a, is barf, is depressed below the outer edges 6' of 45 preferably flat at its inner face and extends the side bars e, so that the strap fits between transversely across the center of the buckle. the side bars e, and passes upwardly across the he upper and lower transverse edges of this outer face of the flat upper cross barf. The plate are preferably apfiiroximately parallel, outer face of the flat upper cross bar is and the outer face of t e plate is preferably preferably transversely inclined inwardly 5o beveled or rounded at sai u per and lower and downwardly about as shown from its edges for the purpose of defiiactin the tail upper transverse edge. hairs of the animal from the buokTe and to The buckle is so formed that when applied aid in reventing said hairs catching between and in use the lower loop extends downsaid p ate and the outer face or surface of the wardly and inwardly at an angle to the guard 55 strap passing through the buckle and across plateand the guard plate extends upwardly and inwardly from and at an angle to the lower loop, and the upper loop extends upwardly and at an angle to the guard plate.

In use the strap 9, is looped around and secured on and depends from the cross bar of the lower loop. The strap 72,, extends upwardly over the looped end of the strap g, and through the lower loop and across the under face of the guard plate and upwardly and outwardly through the upper loop and across the outer face of the flat cross bar thereof. The said strap h, is formed with perforations to receive the stud or pin cl, as the strap is adjusted. The angle of the guard plate is such that the stud or pin thereof extends inwardly and downwardly at a slight angle and hence effectively holds the strap on the pin notwithstanding the fact that a straight pin is employed. The angular arrangements of the lower loop, the guard plate and the upper fiat cross bar are such that the strap is so bent as to bulge inwardly above and below the upper cross bar to form bearing points, marked 1, 2, which en age the animal and hold the upper cross bar rom injurious rubbing contact with the animal and at the same time tend to hold the strap on the stud or pin which forms the tongue of the'buckle so that -acomparatively short stud can be employed which is not liable to and at an angle thereto, and an upper loop projecting upwardly from and at an angle to said plate and having the outer longitudinal edges of its side bars curved upwardly and inwardly from said plate and having a top flat cross bar, with an inclined outer face arranged with respect to the upper edge of said plate to cooperate therewith in deflecting a strap passing through the buckle to hold said fiat cross bar and the side bars of the buckle from engagement with the animal, substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN REICHERT.

Witnesses: SoLoN C. KEMoNf HUBERT E. PEoK. 

